Comments by "M Shastri" (@libshastra) on "Reading into ‘rare’ 7-bench SC ruling on bribes-for-votes u0026 overturning ‘flawed’ 1998 verdict" video.

  1. This is one of those rare reversals that’s actually quite beneficial for the country as a whole. Good judgement and the arguments were pretty well made. Politically, don’t be surprised by increased ED and IT raids.
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  2. Shekarji, Social Progress Initiative just released their Social Progress index report for 2024. The Print missed out on its release in India, 2 years ago. There’s a lot of interesting data in there, that needs to be understood in right context. (Eg: They measure access to judiciary a and speedy justice as an issue of rights which is a better metric v. Minorities). The Print should invite Michael Green and have a cut the clutter on the index.
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  3. It would violate right to Privacy. The bar to violate that is pretty high.
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  4. Yes! The rest of the world can learn a lot from Bharat as well especially with regard to how to scale a democracy.
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